Necktie.



PATENTBD NOV. 19, 1907.

0. W. T. DAVIES.

NEGKTIE.

APPLICATION IILBDMAE. e. 1907.

A V m 2 s v W3 hi on w I A? CHARLES W. T. DAVIES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1907.

Application filed March 6.1907. Serial No- 360.957.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. T. DAVIES, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of'New York, have invented certain ,new and useful Improvements in Elastic Parts of WearingApparel and Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to neckties having retainers.

necessity for the retailers to stocksuch ties in collar sizes.

The invention is set forth fully hereinafter and its novel features are recited in the ap ended claims.

11 the accompanying drawings :Figure '1 is. a view ofthe necktie; Fig. 2 is a view showing the necktie on a turn-over or highband collar.

The necktie 10 has the elastic part A, forming a section of its neckband 11. The elastic {section A consists of a piece of elastic webbing inclosed within the neckband and stitched thereto by a line of stitching, running lengthwise thereofv along the approximate nedian line thereof while the eastic webbing is stretched, so that the elastic webbingretracts or recoils when released and in so doing, draws up the fabric into transverse plaits, folds or tucks At the junction of the neckband and tying ends 12- and 13, retainers 1 L are provided. These may be tabs, rings or eyes, or even friction-strips, but are preferably hooks adaptedto engage the edges of the collar 15.

Ifrings, tabs or loops be employed, they maybe engagedwith the front collar button. As hooks are adapted to engage the buttonholes or edges of the collar, I prefer to employ them, as the=necktie can then be applied to and retained on the collar before attaching the collar to the shirt neckband and thus sta put even after the collar be removed t erefrom. They also confer the other quite distinct advantage of holding the tie secured at any height on the outer flap of the neckband, so as to permit of the knot being adjusted at any position at the collar front.

The particular advantage of the association of the elastic section of the necktie with the retainers 14 (Fig. 1) resides inthe adaptability of the necktie to different sizes of collars, rendering it unnecessary for the purchaser to buy a given size, and, more especially, in the automatic or self-contracting property of the neckband which causes the retainers 14 to be maintained in firm engagement with the collar (or collar button) at all times.

The elastic part A may be used in otherparts of the neckband of a necktie than at the back part thereof. For instance, it may be located at one or both sides of the neckband or in the neckband adjacent the junction thereof-with the'tying ends or how.

.As many of the elastic parts A, positioned as desired in the neckband, ma be used.

By the expression tying en s, I intend to include all neckties or cravats whether made up or tied by hand.

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1. A necktie having an elastic, self-adjust- 1n logated at the junction of the neckband and tying ends.

2. A necktie having a closed elastic selfadjusting neckband, tying ends, and retainers located at the junction of the neckband and tying ends.

3. A necktie having a neckband equipped with anelastic member connected thereto by stitching applied lengthwise of the neckband and elastic member when the elastic member is under tension, ting ends, and retainers located at the junction of the neckband and t 'ng ends.

4. A nec tie having an elastic self-adjusting neckband, tying ends, and hooks located atdthe junction of the neckband and tying en s. a

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W'. '1. DAVIES.

Witnesses:

M. E. Boorn, GEo. A. Mrnns.

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